The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0456-2020·Announced 2019-12-18

Tailor Cut Produce Recalls Pineapple Chunks Due to Salmonella Risk

Tailor Cut Produce Inc. is recalling Pineapple Chunks because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly states the agency classification is Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Tailor Cut Produce Inc. is recalling Pineapple Chunks, packaged in 2-1 gallon tubs per case. The recall involves 379 cases of the product. All affected packages have a date of production (DOP) between 11/15/19 and 12/1/19.

The recall is being issued because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The agency has classified this recall as Class I.

The product was distributed in the US only. Consumers should check their pantries for Pineapple Chunks from Tailor Cut Produce Inc. with production dates between 11/15/19 and 12/1/19 and stop consuming them if found.

The recalled product

Product
Tailor Cut Produce Inc., Pineapple Chunks, 2 - 1 gallon tubs per case.
Affected units
379

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • All packages with DOP (date of production) from 11/15/19 to 12/1/19.

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 7 recalled by Tailor Cut Produce Inc. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

See all 7 products in this recall →

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